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Zuckerberg, Ex-Meta Leaders To Pay $190 Million To Settle Shareholder Case
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former leaders of Meta Platforms agreed to pay the company $190 million to resolve shareholder allegations that they damaged Meta by violating Facebook users' privacy, according to a settlement unveiled on Thursday.
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Zuckerberg vs Meta Shareholders In $8 Billion Trial Over Privacy Violations
An $8 billion trial by Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg kicks off on Wednesday over claims that they illegally harvested the data of Facebook users in violation of a 2012 agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission.
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New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Said to Be Introduced in Monsoon Session of Parliament
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing in August.
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Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Skirting Apple's Privacy Rules to Violate User Privacy: All Details
Meta has been sued in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the company built a secret workaround to skirt privacy protections put in place by Apple to snoop on users on its apps. The lawsuit’s claims are based on a report by data privacy researcher Felix Krause, that said Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps for Apple’s iOS inject JavaSc...
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Meta, Google to Pay Crores in Fines Over Privacy Law Violations in South Korea: Details
Google and Facebook parent company Meta must pay fines of several billion South Korean won imposed by a South Korean privacy panel, after the firms reportedly failed to clearly inform users and obtain their consent to collect data on their interests for tailored advertisements based on their behaviour.
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Google, Meta Fined Over $71 Million In South Korea Over Privacy Violations
South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users' personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country's highest-ever data protection fines.
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Meta Reportedly Files Motion to Settle Location Tracking Lawsuit for $37.5 Million: Details
Facebook parent Meta has reportedly filed a motion to settle a lawsuit that alleged that the company had violated the privacy of its users by collecting its location without their permission for $37.5 million (roughly Rs. 300 crore). Facebook was accused in 2018 of collecting users' data including their location, based on their IP addresses, even w...
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Facebook Allowed Employees to Access Deleted User Data, Fired Content Screener Claims
Facebook introduced a protocol in 2018 allowing the company’s employees to access data that users deleted, according to a former content screener. Earlier this week, Brennan Lawson sued Facebook parent company Meta, claiming he was fired for raising alarms about the new protocol, which appeared to violate EU digital privacy rules and an FTC order...
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Facebook, WhatsApp’s IT Rules Challenge: Delhi High Court Asks Centre to Respond to Pleas
The Delhi High Court asked the Centre to reply to pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging app to “trace” chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information.
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Facebook Misused Privacy Decree to Shut Down Research on Political Advertisements, Says US FTC
Facebook got an earful from US FTC on Thursday after the social media platform disabled personal accounts of New York University researchers citing the privacy of other users. The agency said Facebook could be using privacy as an excuse to “advance other aims”.
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Zuckerberg, Ex-Meta Leaders To Pay $190 Million To Settle Shareholder Case
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former leaders of Meta Platforms agreed to pay the company $190 million to resolve shareholder allegations that they damaged Meta by violating Facebook users' privacy, according to a settlement unveiled on Thursday.
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Zuckerberg vs Meta Shareholders In $8 Billion Trial Over Privacy Violations
An $8 billion trial by Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg kicks off on Wednesday over claims that they illegally harvested the data of Facebook users in violation of a 2012 agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission.
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New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Said to Be Introduced in Monsoon Session of Parliament
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing in August.
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Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Skirting Apple's Privacy Rules to Violate User Privacy: All Details
Meta has been sued in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the company built a secret workaround to skirt privacy protections put in place by Apple to snoop on users on its apps. The lawsuit’s claims are based on a report by data privacy researcher Felix Krause, that said Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps for Apple’s iOS inject JavaSc...
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Meta, Google to Pay Crores in Fines Over Privacy Law Violations in South Korea: Details
Google and Facebook parent company Meta must pay fines of several billion South Korean won imposed by a South Korean privacy panel, after the firms reportedly failed to clearly inform users and obtain their consent to collect data on their interests for tailored advertisements based on their behaviour.
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Google, Meta Fined Over $71 Million In South Korea Over Privacy Violations
South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users' personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country's highest-ever data protection fines.
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Meta Reportedly Files Motion to Settle Location Tracking Lawsuit for $37.5 Million: Details
Facebook parent Meta has reportedly filed a motion to settle a lawsuit that alleged that the company had violated the privacy of its users by collecting its location without their permission for $37.5 million (roughly Rs. 300 crore). Facebook was accused in 2018 of collecting users' data including their location, based on their IP addresses, even w...
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Facebook Allowed Employees to Access Deleted User Data, Fired Content Screener Claims
Facebook introduced a protocol in 2018 allowing the company’s employees to access data that users deleted, according to a former content screener. Earlier this week, Brennan Lawson sued Facebook parent company Meta, claiming he was fired for raising alarms about the new protocol, which appeared to violate EU digital privacy rules and an FTC order...
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Facebook, WhatsApp’s IT Rules Challenge: Delhi High Court Asks Centre to Respond to Pleas
The Delhi High Court asked the Centre to reply to pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging app to “trace” chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information.
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Facebook Misused Privacy Decree to Shut Down Research on Political Advertisements, Says US FTC
Facebook got an earful from US FTC on Thursday after the social media platform disabled personal accounts of New York University researchers citing the privacy of other users. The agency said Facebook could be using privacy as an excuse to “advance other aims”.
